The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-01
BAYoSNE BABBLEs.

PAmrapo, q costly little cottage Is IN the
course of erection for Mr.. John G. Ryer, OF
that section of the city.
A regular encampment of Custer Post
No. 6. Sons of Veterans, will be held Fri
,aay fveIlng in the Posts headquarters at
Wuls's Hall, Bayonne proper.
Miss Kate Nevins, sister of Mr. John Fl
Eevins, of the First Ward, has succeeded
Miss Eta G. Boorman as assistant Post
mistress at the Bergen Point post office.
Baving been necessitated to remove the
p,st office from Cadugar's Hall, Postmaster
James E. Malloy, of that place, has located
the office in Bard's building on the oppo-
site corner.
MIR. Archibald Furman, until recently
the Ass stant-Posi master of the BayonRe
Post-ofice, has secured position in the
Singer Sewing Machine Mandatory at
Elizabethport.
By an extended visit to relatives at
Highstorm, this State, Mr.. David B. Salter,
a well-known resident of the Pamrapo sec
ton, is celebrating the eighty ninth ami
versary of his birthday.
The handsome little clubhouse of the
Argonauta Rowing Association on the
Bergen Point shore of the Kill von- Kull,
has been thoroughly repaired and painted
for the ensuing season.
In Public School No 2, at Centreville,
the pupils and teachers appropriately cele-
brated the Anniversary of Arbor Day on
Friday afternoon by holding interesting ex-
ercises and by planting flowers.
Several applications for membership re-
celyed attention at the regular communi-
cation Thursday evening in Schuylers
Hall, at Bergen Point, by the members of
Bayonne Lodge No. SO. L. and A. NJ.
The nine of the Bergen Point Junior
Athletic Club will play their first game of
the season on Wednesday afternoon, with
the nine of the Brooklyn Athletic Associa-
tion on the grounds of the latter organiza-
ton.
The old stone house, located on The
admus estate, near the Pamrapo shore of
ewtrk Bay, is to be converted by Jew
ish lady, who has leased the premises, into
frst-class summer boarding house for
Hebrews.
Two building lots located on Trssk
avenue, Bergen Point, have been purchased
from Mrs Cornelia, W1rd, of Avenue S, by
Mr. Vincent V. Chorey, of New York city,
who expects to Ell ect dwelling fer his own
use on the premises.
Trask, esolutions of regret and condoIence
I av sheen passed by the Board of Directors
of the Mechanics Trust Company, of Ber-
gen Point, of which institution the de-
ceased millionaire was a Director.
The members Of Bayonne City Lodge
No 8, Ancient Order of United Workmen,
have reduced the initiation fee for admit
tance to the organization to 50, thus max
ing the entire cost of joining the order
snount to IS for an insurance Of s., 600
An entertainment consisting OF unique
representation of tableaux and the renai-
ton of novel music was given in the First
Presbyterian church of Bergen Point, Fri
day evening, by the members of the Young
Z Laeies' Aid Society of the organization.
Refreshments wers also served to the pa
irons.
As the officials of the Post office Depart
ment at Washington have decided to
change the name of the post-ofice in the
Cons able Hook section of the city from
Van Buskirk's to Constable Hook, Post
master Michael G. Cogan was necessitated
to renew his application and fill the new
bonds.
Tickets have been issued for the annual
excursion of Column la Hook and Ladder
Company No. 8. of Bergen Point, to Idle
wild Grove, on the Long Island shore of
Long Island Sound, on Monday, June G.
The steamboat Neptune and the barge
Susqnehannah have been chartered for the
occasion.
Superintendent Joshua H. Martin, of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbalrf coal company s
VIII rves.at Port johnson, vacated his po-
sition yesterday. Before entering bust
ness he expects to enjoy an extended vaca-
tion. Assistant Superintend mt Daniel
Broadhead, of Bergen Point, will probably
be his successor.
School Trustee Nathaniel w. Trask, Of
the First Ward, was chosen President of
the Bosrd Of Education at the organization
meeting held last Monday evening He is
a Democrat in politics, prominent mem
Der Of the Argauant Rowing Association
of Bergen Poin'. and the eldest son of the
late James W. Trask.
Under the direction of the Bergen Point
Lawn Tennis Club, an entertainment of a
delightful character will be given early in
May in either ST. Mary's Hall or Schuyler's
Hall, at Bergen Point. The programme
for the event will include the opera of
Penelope" to be produced under the di-
rection of Prof. SchIlling, of Orange,
At the residence of Mrs. E G. Allaire,
of Avenue q, near Cadmus avenue, Pam
rapo, very enjoyable social reception and
Entertainment was given Tuesday evening
under the auspices of tie Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Westview avenue Methodist
Church. The proceeds of the event were
donated to the fund for the new Monroe
Memorial A. E. Church.
For the benefit of the new church build
ing fund, vocal and instrumental concert
will be given under the auspices of the La
dies Aid Society of the Third GERMANY
Reformed church, of Bergen Point, on
Wednesday evening, in the old church edi-
fee on Avenue 7. Miss Roesing of the
Metropolitan Opera House Company. and
Mrs. r D Donnell of Bergen Point, will
participate.
Messrs. e. Mortimer Brush. N D.. Con.